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Fredrik posted a condolence
Sunday, February 1, 2015
I planned to send you an e-mail today after all these years but now I understand that it's to late for that. Thanks for everything Scott , you inspired and helped me more than you would have ever imagined. Thank you!
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Remembering you is easy
We do it everyday
But missing you is the heartache
That never goes away
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Jackie mother of Jeffrey Fret lit a candle
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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Memories are as sweet as your memorial music."MAY THE SPIRITS THAT BE" GUIDE YOU TO YOUR REST .your music remains in our hearts and souls .Your music is the MAJIC THAT WAS YOU DEAR SCOTT.OUR EYES FILLS WITH TEARS OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH OUR MEMORIES.TO YOUR FAMILY WE GIVE TO YOU OUR REFLECTIONS OF YOUR DEAR SON. JACKIE AND MY SON , JEFFREY WAS SCOTT\'S FRIEND FOR MANY OF THEIR YOUNG YEARS.HE FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE NOW. THANK YOU
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Terry posted a condolence
Monday, December 5, 2011
Henry David Thoreau criticized conformity in this way: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
Scott did indeed march to a different drummer, and for that he was so loved
and will be greatly missed.
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Karl Schaefer posted a condolence
Friday, December 2, 2011
Upbeat
or, surviving the master.
"...musik, all the way do hea--ea--ven, yah, yah...", sings the young woman in the train.
She is crooning with her MP3 player stuck in both ears; with no idea just how terribly off-pitch she sounds to the rest of the world around her.
Her travelling companion waves his hand in front of her face to get her attention, "It's not 'DO' heaven, it's 'TO' heaven!"
"What?" she blares back, without removing her earplugs, nor lowering the volume.
"I said, it's not 'do'---you were singing 'do heaven', it's not right..."
"Do what?"
"Not do heaven; TO heaven!"
"To heaven. Do heaven. Whatever." and she turns her face toward the window and pretends to enjoy the pastel smudge of passing, midsummer fields, as the train approaches its full speed from the Ostsee to Berlin. She is now quiet, but her body continues to gyrate in some secret, unheard counterpoint to the rhythm of the world around her. Her thin fingers tap lightly on her black-jeaned thighs...
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Karl Schaefer posted a condolence
Friday, December 2, 2011
I'm still coping with the news which has reached me only hours ago. Although we have not seen each other for a couple of years, we have been in touch through emails, some brief and informative, some exhuberant and humorous, but always a confirmation of a bond, of a friendship. And now I feel this sudden loss - which I share with all of you who knew Scott well. He lives on in his music, in his poems, his stories - and in us. Love, Karl Karl, Freiburg/Germany
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Karl Schaefer posted a condolence
Friday, December 2, 2011
I'm still coping with the news which has reached me only hours ago. Although we have not seen each other for a couple of years, we have been in touch through emails, some brief and informative, some exhuberant and humorous, but always a confirmation of a bond, of a friendship. And now I feel this sudden loss - which I share with all of you who knew Scott well. He lives on in his music, in his poems, his stories - and in us. Love, Karl Karl, Freiburg/Germany
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Lorraine White posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
He called me Laverne, I called him Squiggy. Guitar lessons, Performing arts, lots of laughter and joy and music. When people comment on my guitar style I think and thank Scott for his time and patience and I still practice my etude's. I am blessed to have known him.
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Paul Langley posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Dear Scott, For 30 years you were my friend, my mentor and my confidant. Ā Bound together by music.Ā Each night I go to work to perform, I take you with me. It is the only way I know to honour you as words do not express the void I feel inside. You are irreplaceable. Ā I miss you.Ā I love you, Paul
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Bill Swanson posted a condolence
Friday, November 18, 2011
He was the first person I met moving to Toronto in the early 1980's. I was just finishing University and had a last minute job offer in Toronto, one week before the end of the school year. I was anxious to live in and experience the big city so I answered an ad for a roommate to share an apartment at Yonge and Bloor ... the infamous 813 Yonge Street - 3 building north of the intersection! I may have answered the ad by phone but arranged to meet Scott to discuss the apartment. After discussing how we were both 'Northern boys', I was in. I'm a few years older than Scott (that's a story in itself.... as his age would constantly change depending on what experience he wanted to portray, what job he was interested in; or who he was dating or wanting to date...) but Scott took me under his wing and was determined to show me around ... the first night at the apartment we went for a walk down Yonge Street and he ended up taking me a Womens' Bar..... that was Scott, unconventional, unapologetic and determined to experience everything that life had to offer. No one could have had a better guide/teacher/friend!
Scott delighted in my naievity and wonder of everything he was determined that I should experience or know. We would discuss things on into the night.
I was always amazed and often dumbfounded by his wit. He always a perfect comment or quip for every situation. It was never mean or bitter but was always appropriate. It would leave everyone howling or reeling depending on which end of receipt.
When I returned to University and left 813 Yonge, we would stay in touch by phone. My roommates would always know when I was on the phone to Scott. I would be rolling on the floor with laughter, tears streaming down my face and eventually and literally have to hang up because my sides hurt from his recounting of some recent events.
That was the nature of Scott, always entertaining. His emails were each worthy of publishing - they could go on for pages ... I am so going to miss the bolded and highlighted texts that I can so vividly hear him saying.
We stayed in close touch through the years. I would tell him about the mundane school, work and trips to Northern Ontario.... he would in turn be describing his experiences in Cuba, Germany, the Middle East, Russia, Sweden, etc! I think at times he may have envied the stability of a routine Canadian existence but he was determined to experience everything he could... and he did that in spades!.. but at times, I know he missed his friends and family in Canada. He stayed here several times on his trips to Canada to connect with his many friends in the downtown area.
When he visited this spring, he was questioning if he should return to Canada for a 'regular' job for pension purposes or to further his music here .... he talked about Sarnia, and even Alberta! but the lure of Europe and all it had to offer was still there. Professionally he was still busy writing and guest conducting. He took his music seriously, but he was also quite a sight going off to conduct in his too-thin jean jacket and plaid flannel shirt.... not your typical conductor! But 100 percent Scott.
He joked about the stoicism and bureaucracy of the German people, but he also enjoyed working with the kids and ensuring that they were able to see the alternative side of things. We should all be so lucky to have had such a teacher.
The world will be a much duller place without him.
Miss you buddy, Bill
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Kirsten Kelly posted a condolence
Friday, November 18, 2011
My deepest and sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of Scott Wilkinson. I was in the Weston Guitar Ensemble. Scott Wilkinson was my favourite high school teacher. He was a beautiful person to share his gift music with the students the way he did. I still am influenced by his teaching and always think of how he would teach. It is a very tragic loss to loose him. My thoughts and prayers are with you and him.
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Judy (Yackobeck) Harwood posted a condolence
Friday, November 18, 2011
Scott and I attended Widdifield High together,although I was not part of the band, I was friends with lots its members, Of course one of them being Scott. It is sad to think that Scott is not around to spread his talent. You are now with the other angels playing beautiful music.
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Dave Lefevre posted a condolence
Friday, November 18, 2011
Scott was a unique guy - he was one of the key people in making the band experience at Widdifield so rewarding all of those years ago. Although its been a long time since I last saw him, I will never forget his talent and incredible sense of humour. I'm sure his contributions to music throughout the world will last forever.
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Barb Hansen posted a condolence
Thursday, November 17, 2011
As all of us who knew Scott, I am shocked, deeply sadden and right now at a loss for words. I am unable to attend the memorial service this Saturday but I will be thinking of him this weekend. He is one of the people I remember most fondly from my time at Widdifield and he inspired me to do more with music. My daughter now plays violin in the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra and will be taking a music minor in University. Her orchestra is playing their first concert of the year and I know Scott's memory will be with me during their performance
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Heather Sartori (Doan) posted a condolence
Thursday, November 17, 2011
It is with great sadness I learned of Scott's passing. No one could make the ordinary and mundane more funny than Scott. I don't know if I will ever meet a more interesting, intelligent and musically talented individual. His music will live on when he will not. No words can describe our loss.
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Jackie Fret mother of Jeffrey Fret posted a condolence
Thursday, November 17, 2011
DEAREST SCOTT WE SHALL MEET AGAIN AND LISTEN TO YOUR SWEET MUSIC. MY HEART IS FLOWING WITH TEARS AS JEFFREY'S MUST BE. HE IS IN HOSPITAL.I HOPE MY SPIRIT COMFORTS YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY MAY "THE SPIRITS THAT BE" GUIDE YOU TO YOUR REST. YOU WERE LIKE A SON TO ME AND ALWAYS ON MY MIND FOR SO MANY YEARS. NOW YOU MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FOR THOSE THAT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.TILL THE MUSIC FLOWS AGAIN , JACKIE AND JEFF FRET s
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Charlene Tremblay posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
I went to Widdifield with Scott. I remember him to be funny, nice, smart and talented. I am both shocked and saddened by his death. The world has lost a wonderful person. I'm sure that Scott will be sorely missed by his family, friends, colleagues and students. May God bless you during your time of loss.
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Jeff posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Scott brightened the days of everyone he met on his too short journey through life. Although I am very sad to hear of his passing, as I write this, I'm smiling at the great memories of a good friend that will never fade.
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Meg posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Though it has been many years since last I saw him, I was very sad to learn of Scott's passing this morning. I still thought of him often, and certainly every time I pick up my guitar. He was a wonderful teacher and a brilliant musician, well loved and admired by his students. I feel very honoured to have known him and to have been taught by him. May your music live on, Scott.
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Diane Hill posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
RIP you very talented man. You will be greatly missed.
